which
he enjoyed, in the society of attached friends, and of the dear family
circle, those closing years of his life passed away cheerfully,
happily, leaving blessed memories behind them. He was quite active in
his habits and usually of firm and vigorous health. It almost seemed
as if he had been stricken down in his full strength, so sudden and
short was his last illness. A heart-disease, of which he had suffered
some symptoms a few months before, attacked him with great violence,
and after ten days of intense suffering and distress, during which he
manifested a true submission to God's will, and a calm reliance in
Christ, his atoning Saviour, he 'fell asleep in Jesus,' August 15,
1841.

"The college, the church, the village, mourned his departure, but
nowhere was it so deeply felt as in the home which had so long been
blest with his presence and affection. For in all family relations he
was most truly kind and affectionate, in social life, genial and
friendly, especially, even to the last, delighting in little children,
and in the society of the young, generous and public-spirited, of
spotless integrity in business affairs, faithful, earnest and skillful
as a teacher, in all his ways a sincere and humble follower of the
Lord Jesus."

His associate, Professor Stowe, says:

"Professor Adams was one of the stoutest of that noble band of men who
upheld Dartmouth College in the great crisis through which it passed,
and thus established, not only the principles on which that venerable
and most useful institution maintained its existence, but gave the
foundation for permanency to all other educational institutions in our
country, for it was the decision of the Supreme Court of the United
States, in the Dartmouth College case, that became the _magna charta_
of all our colleges.

"Sailors speak of 'men who in a storm can ascend to the mast-head, and
hold on with their eyelids' while they use both hands to adjust the
rigging. Such were the men who saved Dartmouth College during that
great conflict.

"A little girl once said that if God really did make the whole
universe in six days, she should like to know what he stood on while
he was making it.

"Such a question has often occurred to me in thinking of that period
in the history of Dartmouth College. What had the champions of the
college to stand on? But they did stand, and did their work
completely, and for all time.

"Professor Adams had just the qualities for su